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IMPROVEMENT IN IBOTTLIN'Gf-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY GARSE, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottling-Machines, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, 5

.,tle, said machinesvernploying, or having combined with them a screen, toprotect the operator against injury from the scattering fragments, in case ofthe bursting of a bottle while being lled or corked, which screen is made to open and close, to provide for the reception )and removal of the bottle.

In previous machines of this character, it has heretofore been usual to control the opening of the screen by the action of the lling-head in rising, and irrespective-as it were, of the corking-piston. To this there is an objection, as, in order to secure the wire or other fastening on or over the cork, it is necessary that the lling-head should iirst be raised out of the way before the corkingpiston is lifted, and, to save time, or in the hurry of work, this is not unfrequently done before the corking-piston has completed its work of forcingin the cork, Yso that the bottle-screen, having both its actions controlled by the filling-head, opens prematurely, and whilst there is considerable danger of the bottle bursting.

' This is bviated by my invention, which consists in controlling the opening of the bottle-screen by means of the corking-piston, or attachment thereto, so that,

' though the lling-head is lifted out of the way to put on the cork-fastening, the screen continues closed till the corking-piston is lifted from itswork, therebeing nonecessity to raise the latter' until the cork has been fastened. Thus the screen a'ords the necessary or desired protection until the completion of the work. v

Referring tothe accompanying drawingsvA represents'the bed ortable of a bottle-filling apparatus, of the character hereiubefore referred to.

B is the iilling-head, provided with the usual inlet# branch a, under control of a tap or cock, for the aerated water, or other gaseous liquid, and with a similar surplus-gas or blow-ofi` connection,rb.

' This filling-head is carried by an upper verticallysliding board,` C,1 working up and down stationary guide-rods D D, and forced orpheld up by springs c c.

E is a lower board, connected by rods Z 'd with the upper board O,fsaid boards and rods forming a vertically-sliding franefwhich is or may be operated in ,the usualmanner, to bring down the filling-head onl the bottle, and afterwards to lift it therefrom.

- A similar vertically-sliding frame, consisting of upper and lower boards F G, and connecting-rods c e, serves to carry and operate the corking-p'iston H, which, as usual, works through the fllinghead B, and independ- 'ently of it, said secondary frame being, as is customary in such machines, separately driven by treadle or other appropriate means, and being guided in asimilar'manner to the filling-head frame.

, I I is thedivided or opening andclosing bottle-screen, working on a hinge or joint at f, and provided with rear arms or rods, g g, pivotcd to the upper arnrh of abell cranked lever, J, which has its fulcrum at i, and the ,horizontal arm j of which is connected to a rod, K, that, passing in a free manner through the lower board G of the corking-piston frame, rests upon but is not attachedto' the lower board E of the filling-head frame.

This rod `is form ed with a shoulder, m, against which the upper .surface of the board G bears at intervals, and, constructed also with a shoulder at its lower end, has wound around it a spiral spring, n, that bearsk or presses up against the under surface of the board G. Furthermore, the bell-cranked lever J is .made with an arm or limb, r, that has pivoted to ita rod, L, provided with shoulders at either end, and arranged to head frame, with a spiral springs, wound around said rod below the board E. This combination of devices, it will be obvious to any skilled person or mechanic, may be variously changed or modied, to lproduce the ,same action or effect, which is, or may be, described as follows, said devices serving to illustrate how my invention is, or may be, carried into practice, and it not being here necessary to describe equivalents for producing the like effect in substantially the samemanner.

Thus, the bottle being put in proper position on the table, the filling-head B is brought clown, by the descent of the 'arne which carries it and the bottle-filler, in the usual manner. This descent of the filling-head frame causes the lower board E, by its action on the rod L, through the spring s, to work the bell-crank J, so as to the same time, it may be, to slightly bring down with it, by the action of the shoulder: m, of the rod K,`on,the board G, the corkingp'iston frame, which, however, is operated independently of the filling-head frame, and is worked down by a separate motion to press the-cork that is inserted through the lling-head, in the usual rmanner, into the bottle.

while the filling-head is down and the screen closed, causes the board G, which slides freely on or lover the ArodK, to compressv the spring n, that serves to hold the pass freely through the lower board E of the fillingclose the screen II about or around the bottle, and, atv

This separate descent, of the corking-piston frame,

screen closed, while, after the cork has been inserted, the filling-headB-is raised, through its frame, out'of the way, to permit of the wiring 'or fastening of the cork, during which the corking-piston H remainsdown on the cork. After the cork, however, `has been Wired or secured, the corking-piston frame is allowed'to rise, and, in due time after commencing its ascent, causesits board G to 1strike the shoulder m of the rod K, and, through the bell-crankJ, to open the screen, the illing'- head frame, inpreviously rising, simply sliding, by its board E, on the rod L, and exerting no tendency to olienj the screen, in which way the desideratum sought to be the iilling-head frame being represented as partially raised, to admit of the fastening of the cork, and the corking-piston frame as down, in-black lines, and both frames .as fully raised, in red lines, the bottle-screen also being represented as closed, in black, and as open, in red lines.

In conclusion, it may be here observed that the springs ln and s, in addition to the functions specified for them, serve to secure an elasticaction to the screen, and-adaptthe latter to dil'erent-sized bottles:

Iam aware that the screen has heretofore been opel'-, ated, in both its motions, by the motion of the same part of the apparatus. This, therefore, I do not claim;

but What I claim my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The screen I, when. the closing thereofis controlled by the downward motion of the lling-head, and its opening by the receding motion of `the corking-piston or its carrying-frame, through suitable mechanism,"si1bv stantially as herein set forth. w A

HENRY DARSE.

Witnesses:

Enns'rus D. DUNCAN, GEORGE MATTHEWS, 

